Mario Bellini designed this amazing modular sectional sofa for C&B Italia. These elements have been reupholstered in blue velvet. We have more original elements in store, so do reach out if you like to create your perfect combination in your desired fabric or leather of choice. The side table in the picture is an element form the Gli Sacchi series Mario Bellini designed. This is included in this listing. Mario Bellini designed this modular sectional sofa for C&B Italia in the 1970s. This is an edition from after the 1973 when C&B Italia became B&B Italia. This design became famous almost immediately after it was featured in the exhibition 'Italy and The New Domestic Landscape' in the MoMA Museum in 1972. Mario Bellini (1935-) is trained as an architect and became one of the leading designers in postwar Italian style. In the beginning of his career, he worked together with Olivetti, Cassina and B&B Italia which resulted in an early knowledge of synthetic resins and polyurethanes. His furniture is exciting, both in its use of material as in the originality of his designs. Bellini did not believe in precise boundaries of design, instead, he designed for the relationship of man and environment. It is impossible to pigeon hole Bellini's oeuvre, as his work is so complex and original.